The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries.

While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to them whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

It is better to spread trust all around than to hand out money!

From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the United States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves.

At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.